For Keith Jarrett's 80th Birthday: 10 Key Tracks from His Early Career

He is one of the most important musicians of the last fifty years. Thanks to his stupendous musicality, Keith Jarrett has distinguished himself as a jazz improviser as well as a classical interpreter. Since a stroke, the American can no longer perform.

For Keith Jarrett's 80th Birthday: 10 Key Tracks from His Early Career

Keith Jarrett became an unlikely superstar in the closing days of 1975. Almost overnight the pianist found himself transformed from a fringe figure, known only by serious jazz fans, into a crossover artist with a huge audience. The reason was a solo piano album Jarrett had recorded in Cologne, Germany earlier that same year. This record, released on November 30, 1975,  became the bestselling solo piano album of all time. Up until this moment, Ke…

While the famous pianist celebrates his 80th birthday, it is an opportunity to return to one of the main pieces of his discography: the cult "Köln Concert" whose album is as mythical as the story that hides behind.